no ransacking that you would see an outbreak in. it just didn t add up. as for the coin found in front of the home, the police dog was unable to track assent from it, back to the house or anywhere else. detectives were having a hard time finding a link between the burglary down the road and janet s killing. the next step was the obvious one, the text of took a look at janet s husband, raven. it s pretty common to look at the spouse in situations like this. that is correct. , you know, that s part of the process. according to raven, the day of the murder was like any other for the abaroas. he told investigators not a member of rioters had come to
defensive tierney s hammered crime scene analyst the possible exculpatory evidence. they claim was being ignored. the bloody footprint, the fingerprint on the office closet door, and the dna on the storm door to the side entrance. all of which were never identified, and any of which defense that could have been left by an unknown killer. there was a lot of things that they didn t do. forensic evidence that wasn t pursued. but defense attorneys felt jurors wouldn t have to look any further than ravens alibi to be convinced of his innocence. mike goodman, was the last person to see the couple on the night of the killing. on that particular night, did there seem to be any stress in their relationship? no. did they seem to be getting along just fine? yes. he said that he left the abaroas at 7 pm. it seemed like any other
he and janet were living in north carolina. it happened in a home invasion and he came home and found her and he didn t want to talk about it any further. it was not the kind of thing vanessa expected to hear from the man who had just stolen her heart. i was beside myself. vanessa retreated to her laptop and began searching online. looking for exactly the details. raven abaroa had not provided. i had started researching and i stayed up to 4:30 in the morning. the homicide, vanessa learned, occurred in april of 2005. raven had just come home from playing in the soccer game when he found his wife on the floor of their tiny second floor office. janet had been stabbed three times. raven talk to us about that dreadful discovery. when i initially looked at her, i m talking to her, like hey, janet, what is wrong? and then it clicks on me that
do it, i don t know. with no other strong leads, the investigation into janet on the side began to cool. raven had relocated to utah to be closer to his family. which is where, two years later, he met vanessa pond. he wanted to move things very, very, very quickly. with you? yes. despite all the things vanessa had learned about raven, she stood by him. in part because raven was really upfront about how police were investigating him. he said that they didn t have anybody else to look at which is why he was the only person of interest. wait a minute, you find out that a guy you are going out with was a suspect in a murder, still a suspect in a murder yeah? and he gets another date? he talked me into that. everything he did just melted my hard because i felt, i felt so bad for him. and that s how vanessa
there was some things that tax had a hard time explaining. the first was a fingerprint found on the upstairs office closet door, not far from jenna s body. that print didn t come back? anybody know. then, there was a shoe print left in blood, next to janet. could you tell anything about this bloody footprint? it was right by janet, but nothing definitive about the type of shoe, the make, or anything. finally, analysts found unidentified dna mixed with janet s blood on a door leading to the side entrance. none of that forensic evidence could be traced to raven, janet or anyone connected to the investigation. those are things, as an investigator, you absolutely want to try to figure out. technicians process the house, detectives began interviewing raven, hoping he could help point in the direction of the killer. raven was visibly crying, he looked like he was distraught